Bamboo flower basket by Sugita Jozan on display inside the Kyoto State Guest House, Kyoto, Japan. During the Edo period (1603 - 1868) a Garden House and multiple mansions of aristocrats stood in the north-eastern part such as of the Yanagihara family and Kushige family. The Kyoto Imperial Palace is in the northern part of Kyoto-Gyoen National Garden. It was constructed in 1331 and the Emperors lived there until 1869. There are also Sento Imperial Palace gardens. In 1994, to commemorate the twelve-hundredth (1200th) anniversary of the establishment of the ancient capital of Heian-kyo there was growing momentum toward building a Japanese-style guest house in Kyoto. In October 1994, approval was obtained from the Cabinet of Japan for "the construction of a guest house facility.